al_path_cstr(3)

💖 NAME 💖

al_path_cstr — Allegro 5 API. Also, hi bestie, this is al_path_cstr(3) from the Library Functions Manual, so you’re exactly where you need to be 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

const char *al_path_cstr(const ALLEGRO_PATH *path, char delim)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so al_path_cstr is literally the glow-up translator for paths: it converts a path to its string representation. That string is an optional drive, then directory components separated by delim, then an optional filename. 🎀

Want the current native path separator? Use ALLEGRO_NATIVE_PATH_SEP for delim — slay, no cap. ✨

⚠️ Bestie, the returned pointer is valid only until the path is modified in any way, or until the path is destroyed. Do not hold onto it like it’s a forever text. 💀

This returns a null-terminated string. If you need an ALLEGRO_USTR instead, use al_path_ustr(3). 🦋

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• al_path_ustr(3) — the go-to when you want an ALLEGRO_USTR instead of a C string, iykyk 🫶

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Cute sign-off: source/version is the Allegro reference manual, page al_path_cstr(3), and the footer didn’t list a date — so this one is giving timeless fairy energy 🧚💜